The schedule for the London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) has been announced.

Now in its fourth year, the LIFF will feature a rare selection of cutting-edge films from some of India's most prolific independent filmmaking talents. The festival will also be going on tour to Bradford and Glasgow for the first time in 2013.

Describing the growing profile of LIFF, festival director Cary Rajinder Sawhney said: "We are delighted that the festival is growing from strength to strength. If you want to find out more about South Asian cinema come and soak yourself in a week of magnificent films in London, or catch the festival tour in Bradford and Glasgow."

The festival opens with the red carpet UK premiere of Amit Kumar's Monsoon Shootout, which was part of the official selection at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

The festival closes with the UK premiere of Bombay Talkies, an anthology of four short films by acclaimed directors Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee and Anurag Kashyap, commemorating 100 years of Indian cinema.

While the festival represents cinema from diverse regions of India, this year the schedule also features the LIFF'S first Pakistani film Josh, while south Indian director Adoor Gopalakrishnan presents a 'Life in Pictures' masterclass on July 19 at BFI Southbank.

The winner of the annual Satyajit Ray short film competition will be announced at the end of the festival at The Nehru Centre in Mayfair.